First English edition. Octavo. 444pp. Gray cloth boards. Illustrated with black and white plates. Corners lightly bumped, boards very slightly bowed else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear along the front spine fold. An interesting study of the explorers and inventors of our modern age.

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Title: Conquerors of Time: Exploration and Invention in the Age of Daring
Publisher: John Murray, (London)
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN 10: 0719555175
ISBN 13: 9780719555176
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Trevor Fishlock has reported from many countries as a foreign correspondent for The Times and the Daily Telegraph, and has lived in India, the United States and Russia. He has won the David Holden Award for foreign reporting and the International Reported of the Year prize.

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